SF News SFPD Marks 19 Years Since Killing of Aubrey Abrakasa, Case Remains Cold It was August 14, 2006 when 17-year-old Aubrey Abrakasa was gunned down in front of a preschool at the corner of Baker and Grove streets in the NoPa neighborhood.
Arts & Entertainment Tickets Still Available for Zach Bryan and Kings of Leon Show In Golden Gate Park Friday The third weekend in a row of concerts on the Polo Field in Golden Gate Park has almost arrived, and a Friday night show by young country artist Zach Bryan still has tickets on sale.
Business & Tech Apple Unveils Plans for Tabletop Robot Companion and Home Security System In response to criticism that Apple has missed the boat on the AI revolution, the company is reportedly working on a new tabletop AI "companion" that could hit the market in two years, as well as home-security cameras, and a smart speaker with a display.
SF News Guy Seen Climbing Atop Waymo and Vandalizing It Charged In Four Separate Waymo Vandalism Incidents One well known unhinged gentleman in the SoMa neighborhood with a long rap sheet has really had it out for the robocars in the last six weeks, and he's now been charged in four separate incidents of vandalism.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Original Joe's Debuts Its First East Bay Location, In Walnut Creek Stalwart San Francisco Italian-American restaurant Original Joe's has just opened a huge new location in Walnut Creek, and the ribbon-cutting was Thursday morning.
SF News Judge Denies San Mateo County Sheriff's Attempt to Toss Voter-Approved Effort to Remove Her A federal court has denied an attempt by San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to block a voter-approved initiative allowing the county board of supervisors to remove her from office, claiming it violated her federal rights.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: 4.0M Earthquake Rumbles Near The Geysers There was a rare 4.0M earthquake up near The Geysers; seven people were detained by ICE at an Oakland home Tuesday; and yet another La Niña winter looks to be on the way.
SF Politics Federal Court Hearing Concludes Regarding Trump's Deployment of National Guard Troops in LA A federal court case with major implications for Donald Trump's agenda — namely his stated intent to send federal troops into US cities run by Democrats that he perceives to be crime-ridden — had its three-day hearing this week.
SF News Day Around the Bay: San Mateo County May Ban Whip-Its Two Tesla drivers involved in a shooting in Newark on Tuesday were in some road-rage fight; San Mateo County supervisors are looking to ban nitrous oxide; and Taylor Swift just made a big announcement.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Hayes Valley Restaurant and Wine Bar, Shuttered Amid Influencer Dustup, Reopens as Bosque As was promised, the former KIS Cafe in Hayes Valley has been reborn a couple weeks on, with a fresh off-white paintjob out front, as Bosque.
Business & Tech Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Say Private School on Their Property Is a Home-School, Not Illegal Sometimes it's tough being a billionaire when the public is training a watchful eye on you, particularly when that public notices you're doing something that may not be fully above-board in your quiet suburban neighborhood.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Absinthe Group Opening New Italian Restaurant in Former Bellota Space The sizable restaurant space in the base of the Airbnb building in SoMa that was, pre- and post-pandemic home to Spanish restaurant Bellota, will be coming to life again.
SF News First Juvenile Involved In San Jose Valentine's Day Assault That Led to Murder Gets Two Years The first of five alleged teen gang members who were accused of attacking and killing a 15-year-old boy at San Jose's Santana Row shopping center in February has been sentenced.
SF News Humpday Headlines: OpenAI Lawsuit Against Musk Moves Forward A judge has ruled that a lawsuit can proceed from OpenAI against Elon Musk; Air Canada says it will lock out striking flight attendants; and this Trump crime crackdown in DC already looks idiotic and dangerous.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Chef at Hayes Valley Restaurants Targeted by Social Media Mob Says Influencer Warned of 'Consequences' Luke Sung, a longtime chef and restaurateur in San Francisco, became the target of an angry mob on TikTok who led a review-bombing of one of his new ventures in Hayes Valley after he insulted one micro-influencer. He's now speaking out.
Arts & Entertainment Could Halloween In the Castro Come Back... as a Night Market? Things remain in the planning stages, but there is an effort afoot to move the monthly Castro Night Market to Halloween this October, which would allow the already sanctioned market to expand a bit and become the neighborhood's first official outdoor Halloween celebration in nearly 20 years.
SF News 19-Year-Old Woman Killed In Shooting In SF's Hunters Point A woman was fatally shot and a man was shot and injured in a double shooting Monday night in San Francisco's Hunters Point neighborhood.
SF News Mint Plaza Sleeping-Pod Commune May Be Getting Evicted, But Guy Behind It Is Planning Something Bigger It was one of the first signs we had of San Francisco's rental market picking up steam post-pandemic, and after running afoul of the city's planning department and building inspectors, a sleeping-pod residence on Mint Plaza is facing eviction.
SF Politics Mayor Barbara Lee Reacts to Oakland Being Mentioned In Trump's Crime Speech Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee doesn't take kindly to her city being lumped in to Trump's fear-mongering campaign relating to urban crime, which he is using to justify deploying the National Guard in DC.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Casual Carpool Returns Casual Carpool relaunches today with just one East Bay pickup spot; a Hayward couple was shot by their son; and Kim Davis is back in the news fighting against same-sex marriage, a decade later.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Richmond Police Release Body-Cam Footage In Shooting A Sonoma County sheriff's deputy killed his ex-girlfriend and himself; Richmond police have released body-cam footage from last week's officer-involved shooting; and an explosion at a PA steel plant has left at least two dead.
Business & Tech Mark Zuckerberg's Palo Alto Compound, With 'Bunkers,' Has Reportedly Been Under Constant Construction For 8 Years Neighbors of the Chan-Zuckerbergs in Palo Alto's Crescent Park neighborhood say that the city and local police have basically bent over backwards to accommodate their local celebrity billionaire, at everyone else's expense.
Arts & Entertainment Outside Lands Day Three: Big Freedia Takes Us to Church, Anderson .Paak Brings It Home Festivalgoers who were seeking some sun couldn't catch a break this year at Outside Lands, but most of the artists liked our natural air conditioning and moody fog, and the three-day festival closed things out with another round of great sets.
SF News Truck Carrying Tesla Batteries Overturns on I-80 Near Truckee, Prompting Complex Cleanup A big rig carrying a load of Tesla batteries went off the freeway and overturned, and now westbound I-80 is seeing some significant delays near Truckee.
SF News Nevada Man Arrested After Girlfriend Found Dead at NorCal Campsite A Nevada man is in custody following what appeared to be a homicide early Friday at a remote campsite in Sierra County, California, north of Lake Tahoe.
